fall 09 coursepage: foundations of comparative politics
Welcome to the the POLS 373! CoursePage for Foundations of Comparative Politics, Fall Quarter 2009 • This page contains links (see below) to the course syllabus, lecture notes and materials, supplemental and recommended readings, links to useful resources on the web, and other class-related information (including grades, assignments, and "model papers"). You should refer to this page first whenever you have questions about our class. If you cannot find what you are looking for, please do not hesitate to contact me.
NOTE: This quarter, for the first time, I am teaching two sections of POLS 373. This page is for students from both sections of the course.introduction to course
From course syllabus. The primary aim of this is class is to make you a “good comparativist” – i.e., someone who is able to use various intellectual or conceptual tools in the field of comparative politics to better analyze, understand and/or explain significant events and processes in various countries and societies throughout the world. These significant or “big” events and processes include democratization, state-building, ethnic and/or domestic conflict (including “terrorism”), national poverty and capitalist development. The utility of comparative politics, however, is not limited to analyzing big events or processes; indeed, a good comparativist will be able to apply his or her knowledge and skills to a wide range of problems and issues, both big and small and at all levels—from the local, to the national, to the global. Being a good comparativist, in this regard, means knowing how to think about and analyze issues in a systematic and “scientific” manner.
Click here to download entire syllabus (pdf document)
WebCT Guidelines and Information (including grading rubric) are available here.
finding course information and materials
Finding course information is easy. Just click on the buttons (or text links) below to go where you want to go. Be advised, however, that some links may not be active and some pages may seem incomplete. For obvious reasons, this is more likely to happen in the beginning of the quarter, but there are times when I will not be able to update my CourseSite on a regular basis.
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WebCT Guidelines and Information (including grading rubric)
are available here.
